Imaging part 2, or Hallelujah!

I got an email from Peter's ENT with the scan results. I have never been so happy to have my child labelled "unremarkable"!  The excerpt from the report below use the word twice!

Nonspecific Nodular thickening of the tympanic membrane

bilaterally. Otherwise external auditory canals unremarkable. The

ossicles are symmetric. Mastoid attic, antrum well-aerated and

symmetric. No osseous destructive lesion The cochlea and

semicircular canals are symmetric. The internal auditory canals

are symmetric without mass on this noncontrast examination.

Vestibular aqueduct without enlargement.

** IMPRESSION **:

Essentially unremarkable examination of the middle/inner ear

Minor nodular thickening of the tympanic membrane bilaterally,

nonspecific

Cochlear nerves are present, symmetric in appearance.

What does this mean? It means Peter is a great candidate for CI's!! It also means that the risk of a "gusher" or a big leak of CSF when they insert the electrode is less, and he doesn't have LVAS/EVA'S - though I didn't suspect that, as his balance seems normal. 

I was so happy to read this :). And then this morning the ENT's office called to schedule a consultation and to schedule the surgery. The only time she had available until MARCH was tomorrow, so I had to reschedule the French class I teach. Short notices all around, but this is so great to be moving forward by leaps and bounds. 

Another hoop to jump through is meeting with the psychologist. That office called because they wanted to set Peter up with an appointment to see if he was ready for a CI. "I thought the appointment was for us, the parents? I mean, I will bring Peter, but at 9 months old he's not that much of a conversationalist. " The scheduler laughed and said she had read 9 YEARS by mistake. So that is Wednesday. 

We may have another appointment with the CI audiologist, though I spoke with her on the phone, and told her we wanted to go with Advanced Bionics. We will get the Neptune (a waterproof body-worn processer, with the microphone on th headpiece)  first, and a certificate for their brand new, smaller, sleeker behind-the-ear (BTE) processer to redeem when that comes out. 

http://www.advancedbionics.com/us/en/Neptune.html

All this and the sun actually came in my window today! Our house faces North, so winter sun doesn't get to us.